Item is a postcard of a Gaelic mod, a festival of Gaelic song, arts and culture, in St. Ann's.
Item contains one song, "Ho Ro My Brown Haired Maiden". The first song is missing.
Fonds consists of a Gaelic sermon - 12th Sunday after Pentecost - by an unknown author. The author talks about the definition of "neighbor" and talks about the Good Samaritan.
Fonds consists of the constitution, by-laws, newsletters, programs, correspondence, addresses, clippings, questionnaires, and reports.
Gaelic Society of Cape BretonItem is a Gaelic song with piano accompaniment printed by Alex. MacLaren & Sons for individual sale.
Item is a collection of 6 postcards, each with a different Gaelic song on the front.
Collection consists of Gaelic songs and music, clippings and a scrapbook. Each file collection is prefaced by an index of the songs.
Fonds consists of Gaelic poetry, songs, hymns and a letter. Creator is unknown.
A. Notebook of handwritten Gaelic songs believed to be the songs of Ewen MacKinnon, otherwise known in Iona as "Bodach a'Bhidse".
B. Gaelic translation of the hymn “The Old Old Story.” Hexatonic scale adapted to regular musical store by unknown person. Original, 2 pages.
C1. Song "Chuir Mi Cul ri Iollaraidh" (with English translation) [n.d.] Original, 2 pages. Presented by Mr. & Mrs. John MacKenzie, Mira Gut.
C2. Song: “Bheir a Nall am Botal Dhu” [sic] (local composition) Original, 2 pages. Presented by John Allan MacNeil, Grand Narrows.
C3a. "Mi'm Shuidhe M'Onar" by Scottish bard Sorley Cameron. The name “Neil MacDonald” is penciled on the manuscript but not definite that he is the author. Original, 8 pages.
C3b Humourous song [untitled] also written in Cape Breton. Signed by Neil Macdonald but he was not the author. Also 2 fiddle tunes with musical notation, one stating that it is from Bill Lamey. Original, 5 pages.
C4. Song (untitled) likely of Cape Breton origin. Typescript, 1 page.
D. Letter written in Gaelic from Crows Nest to a friend in Inverness County, 1915. Original, 1 page. Presented by John Neil Beaton, Port Hood, 1984.
File consists of an audio recording. Joseph L. MacDonald, Boisdale tells a story of an encounter between Cameron and a Mi'kmaw.
Item is the songs "Pòsadh Piuthair Iain Bhàin" and "Suas Leis a' Ghàidhlig".
Item is a collection of Gaelic songs, one which includes musical notation for pianoforte accompaniment.
Item is a cassette tape recording of Rosemary McCormack reading basic Gaelic phrases in order for learners to get a better grasp of pronunciation.
Item is the first of three adult learning Gaelic language workbooks. These books have a Cape Breton theme.
Item is a textbook for adult learners of Gaelic at an intermediate level. It is the second of in a series three books which focus on a Cape Breton theme.
Item is a textbook for adult advanced learners of Gaelic. This is the third and last in Parson's series of books which focus on a Cape Breton theme.
Item is a play set in the Highlands of Scotland that concerns a young man trying to secure himself land so that he may marry and start a family.
Item is a popular song composed early in the 1900s.
Item is a photograph of women from St. Joseph's Parish, Sydney, Louisbourg, and Main a Dieu.
Item is a photograph showing the monument erected in memory of Gary McDonald (1947 - 1995). He was a recreation director in the town of New Waterford. The monument lists the names of sponsors.
Item is a photograph of the gas burners and coke plant and the Dominion Steel and Coal Company (DOSCO).
Dominion Steel and Coal Company (DOSCO)Item is a penline sketch done of G.M.D. Tod of a Gaspe fishing schooner.
Item is a photograph of Gaspereau Valley from the souvenir album "Nova Scotia." The photograph's caption states it is "a picture of pastoral simplicity".
Item is a photograph of an oil painting by Henry Sandham, Canadian R.C.A., of people gathering seaweed in Cow Bay, Nova Scotia.
Item is a photograph of the ship Geadiola.
Item is a photograph of the schooner "General Byng," taken during its construction during the First World War.
Item is a postcard depicting the General Hospital in Glace Bay, N.S. as it stood in the early 20th century.
The General Mining Association, a Branch of the London
firm of Rundell, Bridge and Rundell, was granted a monopoly on
the Nova Scotian coal reserves by the Duke of York in 1827. The
monopoly was rescinded in 1857, but operations continued until
- The mines on the southern side of the Sydney Coalfield
were taken over between 1893 and 1900 by the Dominion Coal
Company. Operations on the northern side of the Sydney
Coalfield were purchased by the Nova Scotia Steel and Coal
Company in 1900. This documentation includes an extensive
collection: workmen
Item is a photograph of the General Mining Association operation in the area of Pitt and Cottage Streets, Sydney Mines.
Item is a reproduction of a plan drawn from a photostatic print produced on 10 Jul. 1951. The reproduction was likely created by the Nova Scotia Film Board. Item is a general plan of the Strait of Canso - Canso Causeway produced by the Board of Engineers for the Department of Transport - Department of Highways & Public Works.
Nova Scotia Film BoardItem is a photograph of Sir Newton Moore, manager of the Sydney Steel Plant in military clothing.
Item is a copy of General Stores/Service Stations and Their Operators, "The Margarees", Cape Breton, NS by M. Gerard Doyle.
Item is a photograph of the generating plant of the Dominion #6 Colliery in Donkin.
Item is a photograph of the corner of George and Dorchester Street in Sydney, looking west. On the left is a Methodist church with a lamppost in front and wooden sidewalk close by. On the right is the Cazzabinos House, which became the site of the Canadian Legion in 1977, and next to it is Mrs. King's Boarding House, which became the site of Sydney Post also in 1977.
Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. George Hollifield sitting on a bench.
Item is a photograph of Mr. and Mrs. George Hollifield standing in front of a tree.
Item is a photograph of Mayor George B. Slaven, the ninth mayor of the City of Sydney, from 1938 to 1941.
Item is a report written for Dr. Richard MacKinnon's FINA107 at UCCB. To locate this item at the Beaton Institute, use the following sequence: "Report - Housing - Title of Item requested."
Item is a photograph of George Ford's certificate of service award in the Second Great European war.
Fonds consists of history of Victoria County by George G. Patterson. Together with a short History of Baddeck by the late Robert Elmsley.
Item is a photograph of from left to right: Mr. Hanam's mother, Edna Anderson, George Hollifield, and Jessie Hollifield.
Item is a photograph of George Hollifield standing in a boat on the river.
Item is a photograph of George Hollifield.
Item is a photograph of George Hollifield.
Item is a photograph of George MacEachern.
Item is a photograph of George MacNeil, former Sydney Alderman.
Item is a photograph of George MacNeil, from Mill Creek.
Item is a photograph of the former Xavier Junior College Building at 210 George Street. The building was used as a Coal Research lab in the 1990s and currently houses Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada.
Raytel PhotographyItem is a photograph of the former Xavier Junior College Building at 196 George Street. The building was used as the Health and Wellness building in the 1990s and currently houses the Correction Services of Canada office.
Raytel Photography